Mid-range · 3-hour walk · Berlin
Prenzlauer Berg in three hours
The old water tower, the leafy square named for Käthe Kollwitz, a brewery turned culture centre, currywurst under the railway and the Mauerpark's Sunday flea market.
Prenzlauer Berg was a district of working-class tenements in East Berlin, left to decay under the GDR and taken over by artists and dissidents in the 1980s. After reunification it was restored building by building, and it is now one of the most sought-after parts of the city, full of young families and cafés. On Sundays, finish at the Mauerpark's flea market and open-air karaoke.
The route, stop by stop
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Wasserturm
Berlin's oldest water tower, from 1877, its round brick bulk above a small park. In 1933 the SA used its engine house as one of the first concentration camps.
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Kollwitzplatz
The district's leafy square, named after the artist Käthe Kollwitz, who lived on its corner for half a century. Its market runs on Thursdays and Saturdays.
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Kulturbrauerei
The red and yellow brick brewery of the late 19th century, now a culture centre with a museum of everyday life in the GDR.
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Mauerpark
A park on the old death strip of the Wall. On Sundays it fills with a flea market and an open-air karaoke in the amphitheatre.
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